Section LIV

¹³⁷⁸³ And while they talked together,³⁷⁸⁴ the evening of that day arrived which was the First-day; and the doors were shut where the disciples were, because of the fear of the² Jews;³⁷⁸⁵ and Jesus came and stood among them, and said unto them, Peace be with you: I am he; fear not.³⁷⁸⁶ But they were agitated, and became afraid, and supposed that they³ saw a spirit.³⁷⁸⁷ Jesus said unto them, Why are ye agitated? and why do thoughts rise⁴ [Arabic, p. 205] in³⁷⁸⁸ your hearts?³⁷⁸⁹ See my hands and my feet, that I am he: feel me, and know that a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye see me having that.⁵³⁷⁹⁰ And when he had said this, he shewed them his hands and his feet and his side.^379163792 And they were until this time unbelieving, from their joy and their wonder. He⁷ said unto them, Have ye anything here to eat?³⁷⁹³ And they gave him a portion of broiled fish and of honey.^37943795 And he took it, and ate before them.

⁸³⁷⁹⁶ And he said unto them, These are the sayings which I spake unto you, while I was with you, that³⁷⁹⁷ everything must be fulfilled, which is written in the law of⁹ Moses, and the prophets, and the psalms, concerning me.³⁷⁹⁸ Then opened he their¹⁰ heart, that they might understand the scriptures; and he said unto them,³⁷⁹⁹ Thus it is written, and thus it is necessary³⁸⁰⁰ that the Messiah suffer, and rise from among the¹¹ dead on the third day;³⁸⁰¹ and that repentance unto the forgiveness of sins be preached¹² in his name among all the peoples; and the beginning shall be from Jerusalem.³⁸⁰² And¹³ ye shall be witnesses of that. And I send unto you the promise of my Father.³⁸⁰³ And¹⁴ when the disciples heard that, they were glad.³⁸⁰⁴ And Jesus said unto them again,¹⁵ Peace be with you: as my Father hath sent me, I also send you.³⁸⁰⁵ And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and said unto them, Receive ye the Holy Spirit:¹⁶³⁸⁰⁶ and if ye forgive sins to any man, they shall be forgiven him; and if ye retain them against any man, they shall be retained.

¹⁷³⁸⁰⁷ But Thomas, one of the twelve, called Thama, was not there with the disciples¹⁸ when Jesus came.³⁸⁰⁸ The disciples therefore said unto him, We have seen our Lord. But he said unto them, If I do not see in his hands the places of the nails, and put on them my fingers, and pass my hand over his side, I will not believe.

¹⁹³⁸⁰⁹ And after eight days, on the next First-day, the disciples were assembled again within, and Thomas with them. And Jesus came, the doors being shut, and stood²⁰ [Arabic, p. 206] in the midst, and said unto them, Peace be with you.³⁸¹⁰ And he said to Thomas, Bring hither thy finger, and behold my hands; and bring hither²¹ thy hand, and spread it on my side: and be not unbelieving, but believing.³⁸¹¹ Thomas²² answered and said unto him, My Lord and my God.³⁸¹² Jesus said unto him, Now since thou hast seen me, thou hast believed: blessed are they that have not seen me, and have believed.

²³³⁸¹³ And many other signs did Jesus before his disciples, and they are they which²⁴ are not written in this book:³⁸¹⁴ but these that³⁸¹⁵ are written also are that ye may believe in Jesus the Messiah, the Son of God; and that when ye have believed, ye may have in his name eternal life.

²⁵³⁸¹⁶ And after that, Jesus shewed himself again to his disciples at the sea of Tiberias;²⁶ and he shewed himself unto them thus.³⁸¹⁷ And there were together Simon Cephas, and Thomas which was called Twin,³⁸¹⁸ and Nathanael who was of Cana of Galilee,²⁷ and the sons of Zebedee, and two other of the disciples.³⁸¹⁹ Simon Cephas said unto them, I go to catch fish. They said unto him, And we also come with thee. And they went forth, and went up into the boat; and in that night they caught nothing.²⁸³⁸²⁰ And when the morning arrived, Jesus stood on the shore of the sea: but the disciples²⁹ knew not that it was Jesus.³⁸²¹ And Jesus said unto them, Children, have ye anything³⁰ to eat? They said unto him, No.³⁸²² He said unto them, Cast your net from the right side of the boat, and ye shall find.³⁸²³ And they threw, and they were not able³¹ to draw the net for the abundance of the fish that were come³⁸²⁴ into it.³⁸²⁵ And that disciple whom Jesus loved said to Cephas, This is our Lord. And Simon, when he heard that it was our Lord, took his tunic, and girded it on his waist (for he was³² naked), and cast himself into the sea to come to Jesus.³⁸²⁶ But some others of the disciples came in the boat³⁸²⁷ (and they were not far from the land, but about two³³ [Arabic, p. 207] hundred cubits), and drew that net of fish.³⁸²⁸ And when they went up on the³⁴ land, they saw live coals laid, and fish laid thereon, and bread.³⁸²⁹ And Jesus³⁵ said unto them, Bring of this fish which ye have now caught.³⁸³⁰ Simon Cephas therefore went up, and dragged the net to the land, full of great fish, a hundred and fifty-three³⁶ fishes: and with all this weight that net was not rent.³⁸³¹ And Jesus said unto them, Come and sit down. And no man of the disciples dared to ask him who he was, for they knew that it was our Lord. But he did not appear to them in his own [37, 38] form.³⁸³² And Jesus came, and took bread and fish, and gave unto them.³⁸³³ This is the third time that Jesus appeared to his disciples, when he had risen from among the dead.

³⁹³⁸³⁴ And when they had breakfasted, Jesus said to Simon Cephas, Simon, son of Jonah, lovest thou me more than these? He said unto him, Yea, my Lord; thou⁴⁰ knowest that I love thee.³⁸³⁵ Jesus said unto him, Feed for me my lambs. He said unto him again a second time, Simon, son of Jonah, lovest thou me? He said unto him, Yea, my Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He said unto him, Feed for⁴¹ me my sheep.^38363837 He said unto him again the third time, Simon, son of Jonah, lovest thou me? And it grieved Cephas that he said unto him three times, Lovest thou me? He said unto him, My Lord, thou knowest everything; thou knowest that I⁴² love thee.³⁸³⁸ Jesus said unto him, Feed for me my sheep.³⁸³⁹ Verily, verily, I say unto thee, When thou wast a child, thou didst gird thy waist for thyself, and go whither [Arabic, p. 208] thou wouldest: but when thou shalt be old, thou shalt stretch out thy hands, and another shall gird thy waist, and take thee whither thou wouldest not.⁴³³⁸⁴⁰ He said that to him to explain by what death he was to glorify God. And when he⁴⁴ had said that, he said unto him, Come after me.³⁸⁴¹ And Simon Cephas turned, and saw that disciple whom Jesus loved following him; he which at the supper leaned³⁸⁴² on⁴⁵ Jesus' breast, and said, My Lord, who is it that betrayeth thee?³⁸⁴³ When therefore Cephas saw him, he said to Jesus, My Lord, and this man, what shall be in his⁴⁶ case?^38443845 Jesus said unto him, If I will that this man remain until I come, what is⁴⁷ that to thee? follow thou me.³⁸⁴⁶ And this word spread among the brethren, that that disciple should not die: but Jesus said not that he should not die; but, If I will that this man remain until I come, what is that to thee?

⁴⁸³⁸⁴⁷ This is the disciple which bare witness of that, and wrote it: and we know that his witness is true.